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About
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
Theatrical
Jul 29, 1988
Box Office
$171.5M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
8.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 13, 2002
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Interscope Communications, Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III
Quotes
See all →Unrecognized Excellence in Talent
Taglines
They thought he was good, they were wrong... he was the best.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Power of Pouring
Taglines
When he pours, he reigns.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Tom Cruise
Brian Flanagan
B
Bryan Brown
Douglas "Doug" Coughlin
E
Elisabeth Shue
Jordan Mooney
L
Lisa Banes
Bonnie
K
Kelly Lynch
Kerry Coughlin
G
Gina Gershon
Coral
R
Ron Dean
Uncle Pat
E
Ellen Foley
Eleanor
C
Chris Owens
Soldier
L
Louis Ferreira
Soldier
J
James Eckhouse
Tourist
L
Laurence Luckinbill
Richard Mooney
P
Paul Benedict
Finance Teacher
R
Robert Donley
Eddie
R
Robert Greenberg
Job Interviewer
H
Harvey J. Alperin
Job Interviewer
S
Sandra Will
Job Interviewer
A
Allan Wasserman
Job Interviewer
E
E. Hampton Beagle
Job Interviewer
P
Parker Whitman
Job Interviewer
